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  1. Acquire and make easily accessible to zoo and aquarium professionals the current body of knowledge on animal welfare and ethics.
  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
  3. Convene important discussions and presentations on captive exotic animal welfare and ethics.
  4. Train professionals on captive exotic animal welfare best practices and policies.
  5. Recognize advances in improving captive exotic animal welfare and ethics through awards.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=zoological%20parks

A Universal Animal Welfare Framework for Zoos

Authors: Ron Kagan, Scott Carter, Stephanie Allard

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, framework, welfare assessment, zoo

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2015


Analysis of stereotypic behaviour and enhanced management in captive Northern Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis housed at Zoological Garden Alipore, Kolkata

Authors: Tushar Pramod Kulkarni

Publication/Journal: Journal of Threatened Taxa

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioural abnormalities, enrichment, giraffe, stereotypy

2020


Choice, Control and Computers: Empowering Wildlife in Human Care

Authors: Jon Coe, Julia Hoy

Publication/Journal: Multimodal Technologies and Interaction

Keywords: animal-centered technology (ACT), captive, choice, conservation, enrichment, exhibit, reintroduction, wildlife, zoo

2020


Comparisons of Activity Budgets, Interactions, and Social Structures in Captive and Wild Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: Nodoka Inoue, Masaki Shimada

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: chimpanzee, environmental enrichment, Mahale Mountains National Park, social grooming, social network, Tama Zoological Park

2020


Deflighting zoo birds and its welfare considerations

Authors: L. Reese, M. Ladwig-Wiegard, L. von Fersen, G. Haase, H. Will, R. Merle, D. Encke, H. Maegdefrau, K. Baumgartner, C. Thöne-Reineke

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, birds, deflighting, pinioning, wing-clipping, zoo

2020


Development of an environmental enrichment programme: case study of white Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris bengalensis) and jaguar (Panthera onca) at Moscow Zoo

Authors: Aleksei Aleksandrovich Podturkin, Natalia Papaeva

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: bengal tiger, data collection, enrichment programme, evaluation, jaguar

2020


Effects of personality and rearing-history on the welfare of captive Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica)

Authors: Sitendu Goswami, Praveen C Tyagi, Pradeep K Malik, Shwetank J Pandit, Riyazahmed F Kadivar, Malcolm Fitzpatrick, Samrat Mondol

Publication/Journal: PeerJ

Keywords: asiatic lion, captivity, personality, rearing, welfare

2020


Feather Corticosterone Measurements of Greater Flamingos Living under Different Forms of Flight Restraint

Authors: Lukas Reese, Katrin Baumgartner, Lorenzo von Fersen, Roswitha Merle, Mechthild Ladwig-Wiegard, Hermann Will, Gudrun Haase, Oriol Tallo-Parra, Annaïs Carbajal, Manel Lopez-Bejar

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, bird, deflighting, feather corticosterone, greater flamingo, pinioning

2020


Human–Animal Interactions in Zoos: What Can Compassionate Conservation, Conservation Welfare and Duty of Care Tell Us about the Ethics of Interacting, and Avoiding Unintended Consequences?

Authors: Mark James Learmonth

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal ethics, animal–visitor interactions, compassionate conservation, conservation welfare, duty of care, human-animal interactions, zoo animals

2020


Impact of bacterial aerosol, particulate matter, and microclimatic parameters on animal welfare in Chorzów (Poland) zoological garden

Authors: Jacek Grzyb, Krzysztof Pawlak

Publication/Journal: Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Keywords: bacterial aerosol, bioaerosol exposure, health risk, occupational exposure, particulate matter

2020


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